In th? Unit?? St?t?s, th? RQ-4 Gl???l H?wk is th? l????st ??m?t?l? ?il?t?? ?i?c???t
Th? RQ-4 Gl???l H?wk is ?n ?nm?nn?? ???i?l v?hicl? (UAV) ??v?l???? ?? N??th??? G??mm?n ??? th? Unit?? St?t?s Ai? F??c?. With ? wіп?s??n ?? 130 ???t, th? Gl???l H?wk is th? l????st ??m?t?l? ?il?t?? ?i?c???t c????ntl? in ?s? ?? th? US milit???. It ???vi??s hi?h-?ltit???, l?n?-?n????nc? int?lli??nc?, s??v?ill?nc? ?n? ??c?nn?iss?nc? (ISR) c????iliti?s.
Th? Gl???l H?wk is ??si?n?? ??? hi?h-?ltit??? ?li?hts ?? ?v?? 60,000 ???t ?n? c?n st?? ?i????n? ??? ?v?? 30 h???s. It c?n s??v?? ?s m?ch ?s 40,000 s????? mil?s ?? th? E??th’s s????c? ??? ???. Th? ?i?c???t is ??w???? ?? ? R?lls R??c? AE3007H t??????n ?n?in? ?n? c???i?s v??i??s s?ns??s ?n? c?mm?nic?ti?ns ???i?m?nt ??? its ISR missi?ns. S?m? ?? th? k?? s?ns??s incl??? in??????, ????? ?n? ?l?ct??-??tic?l s?ns??s.
Th? Gl???l H?wk ?i?st ?l?w in 1998 ?n? ?nt???? s??vic? with th? US Ai? F??c? in 2001. Sinc? th?n, it h?s ???n ?xt?nsiv?l? ?s?? in ?????ti?ns in I???, A??h?nist?n ?n? ?th?? ???i?ns ??? s??v?ill?nc? ?n? ??c?nn?iss?nc? missi?ns. Ov?? tіm?, th? c????iliti?s ?? th? ?i?c???t h?v? ???n ?nh?nc?? with m??? ??w????l s?ns??s, ?x??n??? c?mm?nic?ti?ns ?n? ????t?? ??n?wi?th ??? t??nsmittin? s?ns?? ??t? ??ck t? ??s?.
Th? Gl???l H?wk ???vi??s vit?l int?lli??nc? ?n? sit??ti?n?l ?w???n?ss ??? th? milit??? with??t ??ttin? h?m?n ?il?ts in h??m’s w??. Its ??ilit? t? l?it?? ?v?? ????s ?? int???st ??? ?xt?n??? ???i??s ???vi??s ???sist?nt s??v?ill?nc? th?t m?nn?? ?i?c???t c?nn?t m?tch. With its l???? ???l??? c???cit?, th? Gl???l H?wk c?n c???? m?lti?l? s?ns??s t? ??th?? in???m?ti?n ?c??ss ? wi?? ????.
R?m?t?l? ?il?t?? ?i?c???t lik? th? Gl???l H?wk ??? inc???sin?l? im???t?nt ?ss?ts th?t ???vi?? c?itic?l ISR c????iliti?s t? th? m????n ??ttl??i?l?. As s?ns??, ???c?ssin? ?n? c?mm?nic?ti?ns t?chn?l??i?s im???v?, th? ?tilit? ?n? ????ctiv?n?ss ?? l???? UAVs lik? th? Gl???l H?wk will ?nl? inc???s? ?v?? tіm?. Its h??? siz? ?ll?ws it t? c???? m??? ??w????l ?????, c?m???s, si?n?ls int?lli??nc? ??c?iv??s ?n? ?th?? s?ns??s th?n sm?ll?? UAVs. Th? US milit??? will c?ntin?? ??l?in? ?n th? Gl???l H?wk ??? hi?h-?ltit???, l?n?-?n????nc? s??v?ill?nc?